Phillips Plasma 42" Solid White and Black Line in Picture

I ca use some help if anyone has had this problem, all of a sudden I have a soild white line about 3" wide with a solid black line on the leftside of the white line about 3/4" wide together they make a solid band in the middle of the screen. I have treied to reset unplug turn power off for hours and turn back on, but it is still there. Any Suggestions???

the unit is in fault condition & cannot be restore or repaired it by unplugging only the system... if you have any background doing the repair and replacing and soldering the parts inside maybe you can do it.. but somehow you don't have any idea how to do the job, it is better for to call for a repairman..

thank youthe unit is in fault condition & cannot be restore or repaired it by unplugging only the system... if you have any background doing the repair and replacing and soldering the parts inside maybe you can do it.. but somehow you don't have any idea how to do the job, it is better for to call for a repairman..

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This could be a poor connection with the LVDS cable which runs from the main video processing board to the screen, or a fault within the video processor on the main board. Worst case scenario is it could be a fault with the screen itself.

One of your "X" buffer boards is defective. In Panasonic plasma tv's they are located at the bootom of the set and connect directly to the plasma diplay panel via a thin ribbon cable. The board you want to replace will be directly in line with the discolored vertival line in the picture. The part number is on the circuit board and usualy starts with "tnp..." or "txp..."

This is a result of poor conversion of a SD signal on a HD channel. Go into your settings and adjust the h/v settings to move the line off the screen. You can do this with a combination of v-position or vsize.

There are individual drivers for each line of plasma cells in the display (horz. & vert.), but they usually are an integral part of the display module that can only be repaired by the manufacturer. A new 42" HD-ready set with more features can be bought for 50-75% of what was likely paid for this one. The cheapest thing to do is learn to live with it. (That's what I'd do until the set got worse or the prices got even lower.)